Question

Aaron, age 45, had AGI of $70,000 for 2020. He was injured in a skiing accident and paid $3,600 for hospital expenses and $2,400 for doctor bills. Aaron also incurred medical expenses of $1,200 for his child who lives with his former wife and is claimed as a dependent by her. In 2021, Aaron was reimbursed $1,300 by his insurance company for the medical expenses attributable to the skiing accident. For 2020, the standard deduction for single taxpayers is $12,200 and $18,350 for those claiming head-of-household status.

a.	Compute Aaron’s deduction for medical expenses in 2020.
b.	Assume that Aaron would have elected to itemize his deductions even if he had no medical expenses in 2020. How much, if any, of the $1,300 reimbursement must be included in gross income in 2021?
c.	Assume that Aaron’s other itemized deductions in 2020 were $15,900 and that he filed as a head of household. How much of the $1,300 reimbursement must he include in gross income in 2021?

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Question 5 - 5. Aaron, age 45, had AGI of $70,000 for 2020. He was injured in a skiing accident and paid $3,600 for hospital expenses and $2,400 for doctor bills. Aaron also incurred medical expenses of $1,200 for his child who lives with his former wife and is claimed as a dependent by her. In 2021, Aaron was reimbursed $1,300 by his insurance company for the medical expenses attributable to the skiing accident. For 2020, the standard deduction for single taxpayers is $12,200 and $18,350 for those claiming head-of-household status. a. Compute Aaron’s deduction for medical expenses in 2020. b. Assume that Aaron would have elected to itemize his deductions even if he had no medical expenses in 2020. How much, if any, of the $1,300 reimbursement must be included in gross income in 2021? c. Assume that Aaron’s other itemized deductions in 2020 were $15,900 and that he filed as a head of household. How much of the $1,300 reimbursement must he include in gross income in 2021?

Answer 1

a. As per IRS norms for 2020. You will get 10% deductions of your 2020 AGI (Previously it was 7.5%). So your AGI is $70,000 and due to that your max deductions is $7,000 ($70,000*0.10). Your expense is $6,000 (3600+2400) but insurance company reimburse with $1,300 your net expense is $4,700 (6000-1300). So you will full deductions for the year 2020-21.

b. Aaron will get $12,400 as a itemized deduction for the year 2020-21.

c. If aaron filed as a head of household, he will get $18,650 as a itemized deductions. So all will be include in gross income.